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6 Israeli Arabs charged with operating al-Qaeda cell
Efrat Weiss
Published: 18.07.08, 11:00
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1. It is not surprising
Mike ,   Jerusalem   (07.18.08)
Hebrew University encourages this sort of activity. They even are giving a convicted terrorist his old desk back in the same lab that he stole chemicals used in bomb making! that is probably the reason why there has only been one terrorist attack there.They are a haven for anarchists. The tunnel where the buses come in under the University would be a very good target, the security there is minimal and teh damage would be maximum. But since the University is their home the terrorists won't touch it.
2. and you idiots give them a right to vote...
observer   (07.18.08)
shame on you israel. im deeply disgusted with your policy, and therefore ashamed to be an israeli. good luck
3. they are arabs !
TRUMPELDOR ,   EURABIA   (07.18.08)
israeli passport is just to get social secutity !
4. misleading headline
ecr   (07.18.08)
why don't you say they are arabs in the headline? Freedom and democracy are not undertaken here from a proper political framework. Because the Jews have a code of law called the Torah, all other modes of governing fall short. True, we may not do everything properly, we are in galut over 2,000 years.
5. THEY LEARN AT OUR UNIVERSITIES AND THEY ARE TERRORISTS
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6. Headline is decieving. Why no mention they were Arab?
Jayjay2 ,   Israel   (07.18.08)
7. the same villages again....no surprise
naomi ,   israel   (07.18.08)
well, not surpsising at all.... we have heard a quite lot recently about Jabel Mukaber or Beit Hanina....
8. Why should we keep those Guys around?
AlbertoGa ,   St.George UT, USA   (07.18.08)
It is time to separate Israel from the Neo Muslims in the area. Muslims have more than enough land to go and do their things. I am sure that Terrorists will not be treated nicely in Jordan and Egypt. There is no reason top keep them inside Israel. Out to the bunch now.
9. The police passivity encourages crimes in the Arab sector...
Robert Bernier ,   Tel Aviv   (07.18.08)
The police passivity encourages crimes in the Arab sector in Israel. The police's permissive behavior is the reason of the impertinence of the lawless Arabs. Rather than arresting the hundreds who came to praise Dhaim the police did nothing. In Arab neighborhoods in Jerusalem, as in the Beduin settlements in the Negev and the Arab cities and villages in the Galilee, the police simply refuse to enforce the law. They do not patrol the streets. They do not arrest religious, educational and political leaders who solicit terrorism or incite hatred. They do not enforce building laws. They do not protect state and privately owned land from squatters. Today some 90 percent of Arab construction in Israel is carried out without permits. Whole towns in the Negev have been built on stolen state land. Rather than enforce the law, the police does nothing.
10. Hebrew University
Shocker   (07.18.08)
NOT Jewish University! They have always been Anti Jewish, So is it surprising that it produces students that are TERROREST? I'm not surprised, are you?
11. radicalization is now complete
alexi   (07.18.08)
For many years , israel arabs understood 2 things:a) israel would not tolerate israel arab radicatlization b) economic advantage Siince Olmert took over, arabs have seen his weakness regardless of his co called talents which I do not see.They can recognize a weakling when they see one. So they have radicalized in galilee, hezbollah has said that they want 7 israeli shia villages. Israelis understand this-when olmert said he was tired of fighting, he meant it. He plans for a binational state, he will return 7 shia villages to hezbollah. You had better getting him out asap.
12. 3
Rosie ,   Israel   (07.18.08)
Not just social security. Education, health care, the right to vote!!! To put 3parties in the Knesset.
13. 5
JIP ,   Israel   (07.18.08)
Is there something new about it? Physics, computer science, chemistry, - good knowledge for terrorists.
14. apartheid state my back side
jerome ,   basalt co.   (07.18.08)
If Israel was an apartheid state the arabs would not go to Hebrew university, they would not get social security, heath care or the right to vote! It just goes to show how stupid Azmi Bishara and Jimbo Carter reallt are!
15. What are they doing in a Jewish U?
petra ,   usa   (07.18.08)
Are you guys nuts? Educating your enemy ends up like this! Let 'em stay stupid and less harmful, keep them ignorant. Keep them out of a Jewish university, educate Jews, not arab enemies. Where's your 'yiddisha cup"?
16. 9
Lior ,   Israel   (07.18.08)
This police passivity is caused by something. Do you remember October 2000? Hordes of arabs hurling rocks at everything and everyone? An elderly Jew killed in his car on highway by rock hurled from bridge? The police risking their lives while doing their duty with maximum restraint, leaving only 13 rebels dead out of thousands and quite a number of injured policemen? Do you rememner what was next? The infamous Or Inquiry Commission? It questioned, reprimanded, fired, accused, what not, you name it, whom? The policemen, those same policemen who had risked their lives enforcing Law and Order and protecting citizens. What do you expect?
17. 10
JIP ,   Israel   (07.18.08)
It's not just Hebrew University. What about Haifa University? 90% of the so-called intellectual elite in Israel are leftist do-gooders who encourage our mortal enemies, albeit indirectly.
18. 11
JIP ,   Israel   (07.18.08)
It has been not since Olmert took office. It started long, long ago, at least in October, 2000 with the infamous Or Inquiry Committee which was established by Barak in pursuit of Arab votes. Barak - Entebbe hero! What a metamorphosis!
19. Why do we have palestine arabs in Hebrew Univ?
Seymour Schwartz ,   Minneapolis, MN   (07.18.08)
Isn't it bad enough to have supposed Jewish students and professors at Hebrew Univ as ENEMIES of Judaism and Israel? WHY do we allow muslimes to attend OUR schools? Let them use some of the money given to Arafat and build schools---instead of bombs. Israel needs a DEATH PENALTY NOW!!
20. Expell all arab students from universities!
jason white ,   afula,israel   (07.18.08)
Remove all arab students from schools with Jewish students. Separate them from the Jews,Druze,Beduin and Circassim. In education, in work, in hospitals and shopping.
21. Jason, how your plan works in a nutshell:
ny ,   usa   (07.18.08)
You would expel Arabs from Jewish Univs. so they'll be even more ignorant and unemployable. Then, you would make them attend only Arab Univs., where they'll be exposed to narrow-minded propaganda and become radicalized beyond repair. It seems when it comes to education and the Israeli-Arabs, y' all are damned if you do, and damned if you don't.
22. East Jerusalem arabs are NOT israeli arabs
Rami ,   Nazareth, Israel   (07.19.08)
23. 6 Israeli arabs charged on al Qaeda call claims
Humble Harry Hector ,   Melbourne, Australia   (07.19.08)
I smell a frame-up. A real court of law would be hard pressed to get a terrorism conviction based on surfing habits and cell-phone photos of a helicopter - unless the judge asks the police and Shin Bet to release a flood of crocodile tears to over-impress the jury. This story is a flimsy attempt to keep Israel's collective punishment crimes in Gaza out of the headlines and boost the illusion of Israeli generosity toward Palestinians whose own University has been closed by Israel in order to promote the perception that arabs are too intellectually primitive to benefit from a good quality education. It's not in the least bit surprising to see that so many respondents would like to see this non-event used as an excuse to deprive every Israeli arab of an education. Another self-fulfilling prophesy and stunning, but typical, hypocrisy.
24. To #23
USA   (07.19.08)
Computer forensics and photos of infrastructure or military installations and equipment are EXACTLY what they use as evidence to detain people on suspicion of plotting terrorist attacks. "...hard-pressed to get a conviction"?? A conviction is not the point. How many detainees are still being held at Gitmo and will be lucky if they ever appear before a judge? They are classified as "enemy combatants" and have extremely limited rights to Habeas Corpus. Also, detaining suspected terrorists who have Israeli citizenship has nothing to do with Gaza. It's just a convenient excuse for you to connect the two and reveals how one-sided your viewpoint is. As for keeping Arabs "primitive," I guess you forgot that Gaza University was overrun by Hamas during their take-over of Gaza and used to round up and kill Fatah supporters, who were thrown off the top of buildings. Ultimately, I guess you're right: Arabs are definitely better off (and safer) receiving their education anywhere other than universities located in Palestinian territory.
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